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PHP2Shell: I rebuilt PHP 8.3.35 and 8.3.36 to see what changed in two CVSS 9.2 RCEs

Two critical PHP runtime RCEs (CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619): root cause, the fix, and a defender-first remediation and detection guide, built from a from-source reproduction.

Vulnerability analysis · English

The ARTEX Campaign: Evidence, Attribution, and Runtime Authority

An evidence-led analysis of the Korean finance disclosure: what agent artifacts can establish, what defenders should measure, and where runtime authority belongs.

AI & agent security · English

Security Boundaries, 2018–2026: What Changed and What Repeated

A technical retrospective connecting speculative execution, identity, dependency trust and agent authorization through the boundaries each system assumes.

Security research · English · Editorial draft

An Authorized Security Assessment: From Scope to a Verified Fix

A complete assessment workflow using a synthetic document service: scope, trust boundaries, test controls, evidence, remediation and retesting.

Assessment methods · English · Editorial draft

Active Directory Assessment Through Attack-Path Evidence

A read-only approach to assessing identity control paths, Kerberos evidence, delegation, and certificate enrollment without overstating what configuration proves.

Internal security · English · Editorial draft

Agent Authorization Must Survive the Trip from Intent to Execution

A synthetic document-export workflow shows why task grants, resource-bound approvals, and execution-time state checks belong outside the model.

AI & agent security · English · Editorial draft
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